Little Trekkers Ambassadors

We must have the best customers in the World. They have been telling us for years about all the great things they get out and do with their families and we thought it was about time the World knew about it. This is not a ‘Places to go with the kids’ resource in a traditional sense. There’s lots of good websites out there already that can tell you the opening times and entry costs into the many hundreds of attractions that there are across the country.

This is about real experiences, in real places, by real families who get out there in this magnificent country of ours and do stuff. Great stuff! Stuff that you will look back on and remember for the rest of your life. Places that you may never have thought to go, things that you may never have thought to do. Told by those who have been there and done it, and want to pass it on to inspire other families to do the same. These are our Little Trekkers Ambassadors. They lead the way ….

Every couple of weeks or so we head to Ullapool (36 miles), or occasionally Inverness, for our big two- or three-week food shopping. Unless it's grey with horizontal rain we usually enjoy the scenic drive, but we also try to get a walk in on the way there or back.

The current storms have at least brought in plenty of mud, so once the rain eases off Freya can get out and make some pies. Armed with flour and a section of toppings, she will create a merry mess with very little prompting.

Last weekend Joe was desperate to try out his new Little Life lunch bag, so we were delighted to find that Sunday dawned bright and clear. It may be mid-January, but since when did sub-zero temperatures stand in the way of a picnic?

We often escape to the East when the rain is very persistent in Fort William. Our West coast hills hold on to the rain and the East is sometimes drier as a result. It’s an hour’s drive to get there but in the Highlands an hour’s drive is quite normal to get anywhere especially if it means sunshine at the end of the journey.

Our lovely camper van has this annoying habit of getting absolutely filthy and, since we live on quite a steep hill and park the van on the road, actually washing it ourselves is not all that easy. During a visit to Grandma's we took the opportunity to give "Colin" (as the boys have oddly chosen to name the van a good clean.

Yes, yes, yes! We managed to get our hands on some tickets to watch the Wales v Australia rugby match which was part of the Autumn series in Cardiff at the end of November. As it was Taid's (grandad) birthday,we took Granny and Grandad with us to Cardiff for the weekend.

Last weekend was one of those occasions when going out required real willpower – heavy showers and freezing rain made it more attractive to be cosy at home and drink hot chocolate on the sofa. But of course it was the right thing to do and we thought we would feel better if we had a litte adventure, so off to Ardvreck Castle we went.

Winter can be a bit dark, a bit cold, and a bit wet. The things we used to look forward to doing in winter (mountaineering and snow and ice climbing) aren’t really on the agenda at the moment. But winter has some things going for it.

We were greeted by a rare visitor on New Year's Day – SUN! It was a late start to the day as we had been out visiting friends to celebrate New Year until well after midnight, so there was a short panic about how to make the best of this unusual occurance with only a few hours of daylight left.

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